Ever dragged yourself into bed after a particularly disastrous day, wishing you could wake up the next morning and find everything back to normal? Although things usually remain the same when we wake up, that doesn’t have to be the case with Windows and its built-in System Restore feature. System Restore (built into Windows Me, […]

Q: I recently purchased a Dell XPS420 with Vista. How do I get the desktop icons to a small size? Dell told me the current size is the smallest I can have with my graphics card. But my old laptop that runs with Windows XP is four years old and has a much cheaper graphics card, yet […]

Q: I accidentally deleted my Recycle Bin icon in Windows Vista. How do I get it back? I don’t want to do a System Restore, and it’s a brand new computer. A: Like Windows XP, Windows Vista lets you customize your Desktop, including the icons living on its turf. If your Recycle Bin is missing, then […]

Q: Please help me, as the split screen in Windows is driving me nuts. Somehow I triggered a magnifier, which now comes up at the top, splitting my screen. The movement in this half screen drives me nuts. How can I turn it off? A: Windows 7 and Windows Vista’s Magnifier, seen below, places a […]

Q: I write in Spanish in my computer, so I installed the Language Bar from Vista’s Control Panel. The Language Bar let me switch easily from English to Spanish keyboard layouts. Two days ago, the icons Language Bar’s “ES” and “EN” buttons vanished from my Taskbar. How do I put them back? A: Since you’ve […]